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Noise Ordinance Overview
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Official Decibel Limits
volume_up"These limits are from Collier County Code of Ordinances (§ 54-92). For sound measured inside multifamily dwelling units, limits are 53 dBA (day) and 45 dBA (night). Mechanical equipment installed on premises in residential/multi-family areas in Naples should not exceed 60 dBA between 10 PM and 8 AM."
AI Executive Summary
Naples, FL noise ordinances, primarily Chapter 14 and Ordinance 2020-14542, regulate sound to ensure public peace. General quiet hours are 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM for disturbing noises and amplified sound audible at 50 feet. Decibel limits vary by zoning and time, with specific restrictions on construction, leaf blowers, and animal noises.
Specific Noise Restrictions
Construction
Residential areas: Monday through Saturday, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Non-residential areas: Monday through Saturday, 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM. Special activities like pile driving and steel erection are limited to Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Demolition is limited to Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Construction is not allowed on specific federal holidays.
Amplified Sound
Using, operating, or permitting any radio, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other device that disturbs peace or is plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet between 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM is prohibited. Background music should generally not exceed 45 dB(A) on the property.
Animals
Keeping any animal or bird that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing the comfort or repose of persons in the vicinity. This includes allowing an animal to habitually bark, whine, howl, squawk, screech, or cause any other objectionable noise due to pitch, frequency, duration, or timing.
Vehicles
Unnecessary sounding of horns, discharging exhaust without an effective muffler, and operating vehicles so out of repair, loaded, or in such a manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, or other noise are prohibited. The use of engine exhaust-operated signaling devices is also prohibited. Model vehicles creating noise across a real property line are prohibited between 9:00 PM and 7:00 AM. Gasoline-powered leaf blowers are prohibited; battery and electric leaf blowers are permitted if they do not generate a decibel level above 65 dBA.
Other
Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing in public streets or where sound can be heard from public streets, particularly between 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM, if it annoys or disturbs. Residents may perform lawn and landscape maintenance activities on their own property from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Commercial lawn and landscape maintenance is permitted in residential areas Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, and in non-residential areas Monday through Friday, 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM. No commercial work on New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
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